Hotel Savoy Florence
Florence, Italy
Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Florence, Italy. Located in the Giardino della Gherardesca, a vast private garden first laid out in the 15th century, with statues, fountains and a small Ionic temple.
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- Opened
- 2008
- Rooms
- 121rooms and suites
- City
- FlorenceItaly
- Setting
- CityEurope
Practical information
- Address
- Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Borgo Pinti 99
50121 Florence
Italy - Telephone
- +39 055 26261
- Official website
- www.fourseasons.com
- Best available rate
- Check availability
At a glance
- 76 rooms and 45 suites across Palazzo della Gherardesca and the 16th-century Palazzo del Nero; some suites have 17th-century frescoes.
- Michelin-starred Il Palagio, the Al Fresco trattoria and the Atrium Bar; Onde seafood restaurant and Bar Berni at Palazzo del Nero.
- Spa set in the garden with steam room and sauna, and an outdoor swimming pool.
- Located in the Giardino della Gherardesca, a vast private garden first laid out in the 15th century, with statues, fountains and a small Ionic temple.
History
11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
A palace is built for Bartolomeo Scala, chancellor of the Florentine Republic, on land formerly owned by the Ospedale degli Innocenti.
Through Scala's daughters, who had become nuns, the property passes to Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici, the future Pope Leo XI.
When the cardinal is elected pope, the palace goes to his sister Costanza, wife of Ugo della Gherardesca; the family keeps it for nearly three centuries.
Domenico Belli's opera Orfeo dolente is first performed in the palace during Carnival.
Architect Gherardo Silvani carries out the first of the works that enlarge the palace.
Antonio Maria Ferri remodels the façade on Borgo Pinti and the south side.
After the city walls are demolished, Giuseppe Poggi designs a monumental entrance to the garden.
Former Khedive of Egypt Ismail Pasha buys the palace but soon sells it; it then passes to the Società Italiana per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali, a railway company.
The building is listed as a monument of Italy's national artistic heritage.
Acquired by the Società Metallurgica Italiana in 1940, the palace is restored under Piero Sanpaolesi and Raffaello Brizzi.
After conversion, the palace opens as the five-star Four Seasons Hotel Firenze.
Sources: Wikipedia (IT), “Palazzo della Gherardesca” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Official website · Official website – Accommodations. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
